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R. D. HAYES. INDEX 0R FILE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16. 1915.

Patented May 1, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May I, 3191?.

' Applicationflled October 16, 1915. Serial No. 56,305.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT D. HAYES, a citizen of the United States, residin in the city and county of New Haven and 5 Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Indexes or Files, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to indexes or files,

and it has particular reference to a so-called visible index embodying a plurality of record holding members or cards which, in the normal position, are held in overlapped relation so that only the marginal portions of the cards or members are exposed to view. The invention also has special reference to a system of this kind in which each card or other record holding member instead of having the names and other data imprinted or written directly thereon serves as a holder or carrier for a separate record slip or insert on which the record matter is written. 'Ihese record slips 'or inserts are usuallyof thin paper, and they can be inserted in and removed from the holders without the necessity of removing the latter from their support or supports. In the particular example hereinafter described, each holder is provided with a slip retaining means constructed of celluloid or similar transparent material so that practically the whole surface of the slip or insert can be utilized for holding record matter, which is either visible at all times, or can be made visible by an appro priate manipulation of the holders. My improvements can, however, be used to advantage in other applications or connections.

In my application filed June 8th, 1915, Serial No. 32,957, I have illustrated and described a card .or holder of the downhanging 00 et running along the lower edge thereof.

be primary object of the present invention, however, is to provide a. pocket construction which is particularly adapted to an upstandinipla-rd or holder.

other object of the resent invention is to rovide a card or hol er having a pocket -wh1ch isopen at or adjacent the upper edge 50. of the card or holder, and suitably closed at the bottom and 'des of the pocket, so as to properly retain the record sllp or insert.

To these andotheriends, the invention" tate of endant type which has a transparent consists in the novel features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of an mdex or file embodying my improvements; I

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section through two nested cards or holders, remove from the support;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of one of the cards; 5

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through the support, showing the manner in which each card is engaged therewith; and

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a card of somewhat modified form.

I ha e shown my improvements applied to an Index of the general type shown in the Fisher Patent No. 1,048,056, dated December 24, 1912. A plurality of cards 6 are adapted to be nested together in a prede- 5 termined overlapped relation by means of tongues 7 on the lower portions of the cards, and these tongues 7 are also adapted to engage a striplike support 8 substantially as described in said patent. The cards are of the upstanding type, inasmuch as their lowerportions are secured to the support,

while their free edge portions adapted to carry the record matter are uppermost. In the form shown, each card 6 is provided wlth a pocket 9 extending along its upper exposed margin, which receives and retains a record slip or insert 10 on which the record matter is written instead of being written directly on the card or holder proper. The pocket 9 is preferably made of celluloid or similar transparent material so that I the whole surface of the slip or insert 10 is visible when the card in front of it is flexed outwardly. In making the pocket, I take a 95 comparatively narrow strip of celluloid of greater length than the body of the card and attach it to the upper marginal portion, 4 of the card, in the manner shown in Fig. 3, by folding inwardly and backwardly certain portions 11 of the strip which overlap the card at the ends of the latter, after which such folded end portions 11 are attached to the rear surface of the card by some suitable means, preferably, by eyelets 10a 12, one at each extremity of the strip. I

v are turned inwardly and backwardly they extend substantially to said edge.

can be attached to the card by means of the eyelets 12 at points below the pocketwhich is formed on the front face of the card, i. e.,below the lower edge of the strip which traverses the front face of the card. By this arrangement, the eyelets can be readily set in place by a suitable tool or machine and when once placed they do not inter ere with the use of the pocket which is adapted to receive an insert of the full width of the card, as will be apparent. I

In order to close the pocket 9 at thebottom and prevent the insert 10 from sli pin below the lower margin of the oc et, connect the lower edge of the cellu oid stri with the body of the card. Preferably,"th1s is done by punching out a plurality oftabs or tongues 13 from the body of the card in such a manner that these tongues extend outwardly and upwardly over the lower edge ortion of the strip, and thereby support t e same eifectively.

In the form shown in Figs. 1-4, the pocket 9 does not extend completely to the upper edge of the card, although the insert 191 (goes us, the upper marginal portion of the insert is exposed, which enables the insert to be readily grasped when it' is to be removed from the pocket. In the form shown in Fig. 5,

the pocket 9 extends completely to the upper edge of the card, and in this case the upper edge of the card and pocket are cut away at 14 so that access can be had to the insert in order to grasp and remove the same. Furthermore, in this form, the pocket is divided into two compartments by means of an intermediate spacer 15 held in place between the card and celluloid strip by eyelets 16. Thus, the inserts in this double pocket are independently insertible and removable, which is a feature of advantage in some types of indexes. In Fig. 5, an insert 17 is shown in the left-hand com artment, of the pocket 9, but the rightand margins exposed, and transparent pockets running alon the'upper margins of said cards; substaiitially as described.

ing strip extending across the upper marmas 2. In an .index or file, the combination of a support, a plurality of cards, tongues on said cards nesting them together and securthe card to a support, and a transparent 5 pocket extending along and open adjacent the upper margin of the card; substantlally as described.

4. A record member, comprising a card, means at the lower portion of the card for securing it on a support, and a transparent pocket-forming strip extending along the upper margin of the card and around and behind the side edges thereof; substantially as described.

5. A record member, comprising a card, a pocket-forming stri extending across the same, and means on the card for closing the bottom of the pocket; substantially, as described.

6. A record member, comprising a card, a pocket-forming strip extending across the upper marginal portion of the strip, and

around and behind the side edges of the strip, and means for closing the bottom of the pocket; substantially as described.

7. An index card having a'pocket-forming strip extending across the same and around and behind the side edges of the card, and means for securing the extremities of the strip to the card at the rear face of thelatter, at points below the lower margin of the pocket; substantially as described.

8. An index card having a pocket-formginal portion thereof at the front face of the card, and around the side edges of the card, and eyelets for securing the extremities of the strip to the card at the rear face of the latter, said eyelets located below the lower margin of the pocket; substantially as described.

9. .In an index, a record member compris- 7 ing a card, a transparent pocket extending completely across the upper mar 'nal por-- tion of the card, from one side 0 the card to the other, and a record slip or insert in said pocket extending from one side edge of I the card to the other throughout the entire area of said pocket; substantially as described. I v

10. A record member, comprising a card, a pocket-forming strip secured thereto, and a tongue on the card supporting the strip at the bottom of the pocket; substantially as described. I

11. In an index or file, the combination of a card, a record slip, a tongue on the card for holding the record slip in position on the face of the card, and a pocket mem- .ber supported by the tongue and extending a transparent described.- I

edge thereof, and

overthe face of sa'idislip; substantially as 12; A record member", comprising a card, a transparent member extending across the card from side to side adjacent the upper a plurality of tongues on the card supporting said transparent member from beneath; substantially as described. 13. A record member, comprising acard, strip extending across the face of the card and free at its upper edgefrom the card, and a tongue on the card supporting said strip at the lower edge of the latter; substantially as described.

14;. A record member, comprising acard, a pocket-forming strip extending horizontally across the front face of the card and around and behind the side edges of the card, Iheans for fastening said strip to the card, and a plurality of tongues on the card supporting the lower edge of said strip; substantially as described.

15. In an index or file, the combination of a support, a plurality of upstanding cards mounted fiatwise on the support 1n overlapped relation with the upper edge of each card extending abovethe upper edge of the card in front of the same, and transparent stripssecured to said cards and extending horizontally along the upper marginal portions thereof, to cover and protect record slips supported and retained by the respective cards; substantially as described. 16. In an index or file, the combination of a support, a plurality of upstanding cards mounted fiatwise on the support in overlapped relation, and having their upper margins exposed, and pockets extending horizontally along the upper portions of the cards at the front faces thereof, and open adjacent the upper margins of the cards; substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand on the 15th day of October, 1915.

' ROBERT D. HAYES. 

